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if he is seen as the guy leading the economy, who has got -- more control over the economy of anybody else -- >> and is by the way -- >> get paid that much more attention to what he says. i think that's right. >> and by the way, that dude at one point is going to leave. and that will send everything into a tailspin. >> welcome back? >> yes. you are invited back. you get to keep the commemorative cup. maybe you'll get an orange mug next time. brian shactman, thank you, leaning back booking profits. coming back, which is the bigger hurdle, the border or boehner? we'll discuss the push for reform, ahead on "now." >>> time for the your business entrepreneurs of the week. steve white, jack colder and malone all own small businesses on main street in illinois, a town once in economic decline, historic preservation and restoration of their main street storefronts has helped turn it into a thriving tourist destination. for more, watch "your business" on msnbc. ♪ i'm a hard, hard worker every day. ♪ ♪ i'm a hard, hard worker and i'm working every day. ♪ ♪ i'm a hard, hard worker and
if he is seen as the guy leading the economy, who has got -- more control over the economy of anybody else -- >> and is by the way -- >> get paid that much more attention to what he says. i think that's right. >> and by the way, that dude at one point is going to leave. and that will send everything into a tailspin. >> welcome back? >> yes. you are invited back. you get to keep the commemorative cup. maybe you'll get an orange mug next time. brian shactman, thank...
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, but the world economy, and house republicans are very much aware of this. i spoke to a number of house republicans who are very close to leadership and they kept reiterating they shed too much blood on this tax hike, but they are preparing their powder for this debt limit. the idea president obama is not going to negotiate over it, i think, is going to be very difficult, because house republicans see this as their trump card. they are willing to bring the president, bring the economy as close to the edge, as close to the knees, as they can in exchange for spending cuts. boehner has this rule he very much believes in. boehner now, especially after this, has to appear strong to his conference. they are going to ask for an exchange for every dollar the debt limit has raised for adjoining spending cut, not to mention, joanne, they know some concessions democrats are willing to make, medicare entry rates, changing social security. they are not going to raise this for the sake of raising it. they are going to want something in return, something big they can show
, but the world economy, and house republicans are very much aware of this. i spoke to a number of house republicans who are very close to leadership and they kept reiterating they shed too much blood on this tax hike, but they are preparing their powder for this debt limit. the idea president obama is not going to negotiate over it, i think, is going to be very difficult, because house republicans see this as their trump card. they are willing to bring the president, bring the economy as close...
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it will damage our economy. the government is a big part of this economy. it's interesting that a lot of people who recognize that when it comes to defense spending, some of the same folks who say we have to cut spending or complain that government jobs that don't do anything. they say, wow, this is an important part of the economy in my district. we shouldn't stop spending on that. let's just makes we're not spending on those other folks. my hope is commonsense prevails. it's always my preference. that's what would be good for the economy. let me just repeat. if the issue is deficit reduction, getting our deficits sustainable over time, getting our debt in a sustainable place, then democrats and republicans in congress will have a partner with me. we can achieve that, and, you know, we can achieve it fairly quickly. we know what the numbers are. we know what needs to be done. we know what a balanced approach would take, and we've done probably more than half of the deficit reduction we need to stabilize the debt and the deficit. there's probably been more
it will damage our economy. the government is a big part of this economy. it's interesting that a lot of people who recognize that when it comes to defense spending, some of the same folks who say we have to cut spending or complain that government jobs that don't do anything. they say, wow, this is an important part of the economy in my district. we shouldn't stop spending on that. let's just makes we're not spending on those other folks. my hope is commonsense prevails. it's always my...
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the recovery is still -- let's go back to talking about the economy. we were doing that two months ago. we were worried the recovery was faltering. unemployment was coming down quick enough. right now we hit it with another shut. >> ironically, we don't even know the jobs numbers. the people who produce those numbers were furloughed. kate, john podesta said he thought this was an end to the question of the debt ceiling being used as leverage, that they won't go back to this. what do you think? >> i think if you speak to leadership aides, if you speak to members who are close to leadership, they would think the same thing. you know, that the tea party caucus doesn't have the same kind of force moving forward. one would hope. but they've said that before. you've seen where we've ended up again. i would also argue that there's a number of republicans who don't actually believe that if we defaulted, anything really -- >> would have happened. >> really bad would have happened. and that still remains a problem for all of them. >> that, to me, is fairly shock
the recovery is still -- let's go back to talking about the economy. we were doing that two months ago. we were worried the recovery was faltering. unemployment was coming down quick enough. right now we hit it with another shut. >> ironically, we don't even know the jobs numbers. the people who produce those numbers were furloughed. kate, john podesta said he thought this was an end to the question of the debt ceiling being used as leverage, that they won't go back to this. what do you...
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economies. and the flows, the annual and seasonal flows of people back and forth across the border, the links people have across the border. and it would take that into account in, you know, a realistic sort of real-world way. and we're expecting real world out of the you see congress? you're not going to get it. >> real world out of the senate, saying nothing of the house, where the raoul labrador, i believe, mocked the fear of a large senate passing, 70-vote passage of immigration reform saying, ooh, i'm scared. that is not a good sign. this is one of the guys working on the house bill. >> absolutely. you know, i mean, there is big problems getting anything passed the house, talking about this in terms of the farm bill and holds for immigration as well. we also do need to think about priorities here. it's good to have the immigration laws enforced. but it's already more than the whole rest of federal law enforcement combined. and that's the thing to think about. we have organized crime element
economies. and the flows, the annual and seasonal flows of people back and forth across the border, the links people have across the border. and it would take that into account in, you know, a realistic sort of real-world way. and we're expecting real world out of the you see congress? you're not going to get it. >> real world out of the senate, saying nothing of the house, where the raoul labrador, i believe, mocked the fear of a large senate passing, 70-vote passage of immigration...
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in particular, the american economy the last couple of decades due to the competition from elsewhere has increasingly been seeing lousy jobs and lovely jobs. you've got a tiny elite of highly skilled workers who are basically taking all the gains of productivity increase sxdz you have a lot of workers who are basically doing terrible jobs and the middle have been squeezed. that, in addition to tax policy, has been driving this gap, but it's something that policy makers need to think about. >> we have to chip at that. the president in his state of the union proposed a federal minimum wage of $9 an hour. it's not going to pass, obviously, because republicans don't support it, but there are ways to chip at it from a policy standpoint. we can't ignore the policy realm. >> particularly at a time when wages are not keeping pace with inflation, so that also has contributed disparity. there's an interesting piece in usa today about wal-mart pointing out that they actually did very well last year because of tax breaks, but, yet, this year they're freaking out because, why? customers don't hav
in particular, the american economy the last couple of decades due to the competition from elsewhere has increasingly been seeing lousy jobs and lovely jobs. you've got a tiny elite of highly skilled workers who are basically taking all the gains of productivity increase sxdz you have a lot of workers who are basically doing terrible jobs and the middle have been squeezed. that, in addition to tax policy, has been driving this gap, but it's something that policy makers need to think about....
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in an economy is not ruined by debt alone. this is paul ryan's third budget and two years after his first, the fundamental fight over values has not changed. president obama outlined the contrast in 2011 with paul ryan in the audience. >> this vision is less about reducing the deficit than it is about changing the basic social contract in america. i don't think there's anything courageous about asking for sacrifice from those who can least afford it that's not a vision of the america i know. >> unfortunately republicans refuse to accept that america has already ruled on this issue. e.j. dion writes that the 2012 elections ought to have settled these issues, it takes nerve to dismiss the results of an election that ryan himself called a referendum. the ryan budgets are feeling like a cheap ripoff of "groundhog day." >> i think the american public decided not to watch the end of it in november. they sent a clear message that they wanted something different than this romney/ryan proposal. that hurts americans. >> joining us now f
in an economy is not ruined by debt alone. this is paul ryan's third budget and two years after his first, the fundamental fight over values has not changed. president obama outlined the contrast in 2011 with paul ryan in the audience. >> this vision is less about reducing the deficit than it is about changing the basic social contract in america. i don't think there's anything courageous about asking for sacrifice from those who can least afford it that's not a vision of the america i...
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economy. those are the jobs we need to raise wages for. >> jack brings up an important point, seven out of ten growth occupyings through 2020 are low-wage jobs. this the american job market. the president has supported this, we have a lot of democrats who have come out and supported thchl i think it is much harder, actually, for conservatives to dismiss the minimum wage in the way they dismiss other parts of the social safety net. this is not an entitlement program. there's economic stimulus. i think this puts conservatives in a tough position. >> it does put republicans in a tough position. majority of republicans think this is a good idea. the president talked beauty this yesterday. he's been talking about this for as long as he's been in public life. how is it we get more hone into the hands of working americans so we can grow the economy with people actually going out and working every day and building the economy with their hands and their brains. the next challenge for the democrats, how
economy. those are the jobs we need to raise wages for. >> jack brings up an important point, seven out of ten growth occupyings through 2020 are low-wage jobs. this the american job market. the president has supported this, we have a lot of democrats who have come out and supported thchl i think it is much harder, actually, for conservatives to dismiss the minimum wage in the way they dismiss other parts of the social safety net. this is not an entitlement program. there's economic...
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syria to the economy. it underlines the vast burdens this president, this white house are presently facing. the issue of guns, foreign policy issue regarding what's taking place in the middle east. as the president said it has been my number one focus on the economy. this is intended to be a week long push that coincides with the trip to the assembly plant trying to highlight progress that has been made within the american economy. as evidenced by those remarks, alex, i think it's clear this president has been forced to spend so much capital on other topics, capital many would suggest hasn't necessarily been wasted but hasn't gone to the ends they are hoping for. that's certainly the eyes with guns and in many cases with syria as well. he has a lot of work ahead of him as well as he tries to make his case about the economic successes. >> if anybody is asked what happened in august and in early september as far as the white house, they will say syria. that is the dominant narrative, the thing the white hous
syria to the economy. it underlines the vast burdens this president, this white house are presently facing. the issue of guns, foreign policy issue regarding what's taking place in the middle east. as the president said it has been my number one focus on the economy. this is intended to be a week long push that coincides with the trip to the assembly plant trying to highlight progress that has been made within the american economy. as evidenced by those remarks, alex, i think it's clear this...
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the president hasn't taken the eye off the ball on the economy. the president like everyone m white house is watching they know where the country is. they know what the country cares about and they know what the country supports. when it comes to immigration and gun control and the economy as the election prove, the american people are on the side of the president, not overwhelmingly but they are certainly more with the president than they are with members of congress who are standing in the way of the president getting anything done, which is why he is in "campaign mode" because if congress isn't going to work with you, then at least get the american people to get congress to pay attention to work with you. >> i want to add one thing here. it doesn't matter if he goes to every city in the country and spends his entire state of the union talking about spending on infrastructure and things of that nature, but the republican-led house is not going to go along with that. this is really an act in futility. >> dwoent know how. to be honest, we don't kn
the president hasn't taken the eye off the ball on the economy. the president like everyone m white house is watching they know where the country is. they know what the country cares about and they know what the country supports. when it comes to immigration and gun control and the economy as the election prove, the american people are on the side of the president, not overwhelmingly but they are certainly more with the president than they are with members of congress who are standing in the...
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economy and is a barometer of economic health rose by 1.5%. fixed investment and things like housing also rose more than a percent. the white house is using the occasion to illustrate the dangerous effects of high stakes political games and looming spending cuts. >> talk about letting the sequester kick in, as though that were an acceptable thing belies where republicans were on this issue not that long ago, and it makes clear, again, that this is political brinksmanship of the kind that results in one primary victim, and that's american taxpayers, the american middle class. >> and house republicans are using the occasion to illustrate the dangerous effects of high stakes political games and looming spending cuts. said house majority whip kevin mccarthy, today's report by the commerce department is a stark example of how political games in washington have real consequences on the lives of american families. joining the pam now is rona, assist wrant managing editor of time making sfwleen, and from washington the man with all the answers, cnbc's
economy and is a barometer of economic health rose by 1.5%. fixed investment and things like housing also rose more than a percent. the white house is using the occasion to illustrate the dangerous effects of high stakes political games and looming spending cuts. >> talk about letting the sequester kick in, as though that were an acceptable thing belies where republicans were on this issue not that long ago, and it makes clear, again, that this is political brinksmanship of the kind that...
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they want to see problems addressed, particular loin the economy but also other issues. i think to boast you're successfully slowing down the process and blocking progress is not a winning strategy no matter how many times you flash a victory sign. >> is there some small, tiny nugget of truth in the sense that the republicans have been on message this entire time, for the most part, and we're talking about field goals or goalposts, i am not a sports person, goalposts here, the republicans have rallied around the ryan budget which is controversial and draconian. at the same time, democrats have moved to the middle and said they will compromise on entitlement programs, and you have a house budget which would be a much tougher negotiating position for the president were he to adopt it. is he making a mistake? >> there's a process. the house adopts a budget, the senate adopts a budget. both have done that now and negotiations begin. there is room for symbolism but the question is, what can you accomplish? what we need to do -- i really think that the question that has to be
they want to see problems addressed, particular loin the economy but also other issues. i think to boast you're successfully slowing down the process and blocking progress is not a winning strategy no matter how many times you flash a victory sign. >> is there some small, tiny nugget of truth in the sense that the republicans have been on message this entire time, for the most part, and we're talking about field goals or goalposts, i am not a sports person, goalposts here, the republicans...
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economy. >> we should not even be having a debate. it should be no doubt that the full faith and credit of the united states will be honored, and that is what our constitution says. >> the gimmick nature of this whole thing i won't elaborate on, has been done before. >> either way, the passage of this bill has allowed lawmakers to skip from brinkmanship to probably more brinkmanship. looming just over the horizon is a budget battle that could shut down the government and automatic steep spending cuts that could cost thousands of jobs. welcome to the new normal in washington. joining us now from davos, switzerland, is cnbc's squawk box co-host "new york times" columnist and author of too big to fail, andrew ross sorkin. it is great to see you. i can't see the snowcapped mountains in the background, but i'm sure they are there. >> you can't? come on. they're there. they're there. i promise. >> i believe you. >> i promise. >> i want to ask you, andrew, what is the view from davos? >> colder, by t
economy. >> we should not even be having a debate. it should be no doubt that the full faith and credit of the united states will be honored, and that is what our constitution says. >> the gimmick nature of this whole thing i won't elaborate on, has been done before. >> either way, the passage of this bill has allowed lawmakers to skip from brinkmanship to probably more brinkmanship. looming just over the horizon is a budget battle that could shut down the government and...
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economy? ? i mean, there are lots of perilous things that will kick into place. >> in the short-term, sadly, perversely not so bad. >> right. >> i don't think it's going to have a huge impact on -- short-term. the question is it's a long-term thing, and that's two, three, four, five, ten years out, and that's what you are fighting against. yeah, short-term, i don't think anyone will care. >> nobody goes to fish to decide -- >> why do they rate treasuries? go, fitch. go away, s&p. we know what the interest rates are. that's how people think of debt. >> what we are capable of, and are we -- >> pa what our standing should be and what our rating should be. there's no question. i don't think in the short-term we have any -- and, sadly, that gives no cover to anybody in washington on this issue. >> it does not. well, we will certainly be discussing this in the days ahead. after the break, one of the most glaring examples of what colin powell calls the gop's identity problem is its stance on immigratio
economy? ? i mean, there are lots of perilous things that will kick into place. >> in the short-term, sadly, perversely not so bad. >> right. >> i don't think it's going to have a huge impact on -- short-term. the question is it's a long-term thing, and that's two, three, four, five, ten years out, and that's what you are fighting against. yeah, short-term, i don't think anyone will care. >> nobody goes to fish to decide -- >> why do they rate treasuries? go,...
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the economy are going to be a considerable part of it. i want to talk to you about the economy. we rarely get a good picture of what is going on. unemployment is at 7.6%. but there are still 11.8 million americans unemployed and 4.3 million americans have been unemployed. you talked about those who are leaving the workforce and the implications there as far as the unemployment rate. walk us through that if you will. what he is talking about in that column or in that graph, there is a catch. when we say who is unemployed. if you don't have work, but you are whaactively looking for wor. if you stop looking for work. if you say it is done and i can't find anything. you are no longer unemployed. if you adjust for that. nobody had moved to no longer being in the labor force and you don't see the drop. you see rates that are a couple of points higher. some people stop looking for work because they are getting older. some of that is going to happen no matter what the economy looks like. some of that is the result of a bad economy. i do think it is fair to say that the economy is somewh
the economy are going to be a considerable part of it. i want to talk to you about the economy. we rarely get a good picture of what is going on. unemployment is at 7.6%. but there are still 11.8 million americans unemployed and 4.3 million americans have been unemployed. you talked about those who are leaving the workforce and the implications there as far as the unemployment rate. walk us through that if you will. what he is talking about in that column or in that graph, there is a catch....
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. >> some members pushed for the shutdown say they were doing it to save the american economy. but nothing has done more to undermine our economy the past three years that the kind of tactics that create these manufactured crisis. >> while members of the gop spent their final days in battle attempting to kneecap staffers in their own congressional offices, this morning president obama did the very opposite. >> i've got a simple message for all the dedicated and patriotic workers who either worked without pay or forced off the job without pay these past few weeks, including most of my own staff, thank you. thanks for your service. welcome back. what you do is important. it matters. >> so with crisis momentarily averted, the president outlined three areas of focus. >> passing a budget, immigration reform, farm bill. those are three specific things that would make a huge difference in our economy right now. >> at the top of that list, those charged with the task paul ryan and patty murray have begun talking and are hoping for the best. >> i want to have a bunl agreement that gets
. >> some members pushed for the shutdown say they were doing it to save the american economy. but nothing has done more to undermine our economy the past three years that the kind of tactics that create these manufactured crisis. >> while members of the gop spent their final days in battle attempting to kneecap staffers in their own congressional offices, this morning president obama did the very opposite. >> i've got a simple message for all the dedicated and patriotic...
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it's reforming a massive part of the american economy, fixing the american economy. it's incredibly hard. if we can't -- if the president can't make the website work, if he can't catch up on the signup numbers, it is going to discredit not just the idea of health care reform but the idea that government is capable of doing big things. that's why with respect to my friend howard, i don't think this is about explaining it better, wageing a better story, having a war room, it's about execution. this is a flop. it was sabotaged not by its opponents but by well meaning supporters. they have to get it working. whether the deadline is 30 days or 60 days or 90 days, i'm not sure. i think there will be -- if it is made to work, people will possibly look back on this period and say, it was a big deal. it was rocky. >> robert, "the new york times" editorial had a scathing editorial this morning which basically says in the interim as republicans mirthfully watched the botched rollout, they have gotten basically a pass on immigration reform, highly controversial stance stripping
it's reforming a massive part of the american economy, fixing the american economy. it's incredibly hard. if we can't -- if the president can't make the website work, if he can't catch up on the signup numbers, it is going to discredit not just the idea of health care reform but the idea that government is capable of doing big things. that's why with respect to my friend howard, i don't think this is about explaining it better, wageing a better story, having a war room, it's about execution....
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what that's really telling us, what the president is really saying, a working economy is one in which people who work can take care of their families. that's not what's happening right now. >> the president has been accused of being some sort of socialist and trying to redistribute economics. but if you look at what has happened, the average ceo earns 273 times the average -- what the average worker makes. in 1960 that ratio was 20-1, as opposed to 273-1. in 2010, 93% of income gains went to the top 3%. any economist would say that's not a sustainable model. >> you have growing social inequality. my view is it makes everybody unhappy including the rich. even conservative republicans when you get them in some kind of reasonable conversation -- >> in a quiet back room. >> -- in a quiet back room, tend to agree this is a problem for the country. the difference is republicans, as a matter of policy, don't actually want to do anything about it but i think democrats on the other side have very limited ideas about what to do about it. so raising the minimum wage, the minimum wage should keep
what that's really telling us, what the president is really saying, a working economy is one in which people who work can take care of their families. that's not what's happening right now. >> the president has been accused of being some sort of socialist and trying to redistribute economics. but if you look at what has happened, the average ceo earns 273 times the average -- what the average worker makes. in 1960 that ratio was 20-1, as opposed to 273-1. in 2010, 93% of income gains went...
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i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? just be possible. in the "new york times" magazine, annie lowry asks the question, is it crazy to think we can eradicate poverty around the world? the answer seems to be no, it is not crazy at all. she says the gains we've seen in eradicating poverty are in part because the bar is set extremely low. $1.25 is the daily income threshold. despite this, 1.2 billion people around the world are living this way. in extreme poverty. hopefully, not for long. lowry writes fortunately this deadly and cyclical form of poverty is already on its way towards obsolescence. the first world bank millennium goal to have the proportion of the world population living in dire poverty by 2015 was met five years early. as the rate fell to an estimated 21% in 2010, from 43% in 1990. lowry interviews experts who say th
i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? just be possible. in the "new york times" magazine, annie lowry asks the question, is it crazy to think we can eradicate poverty around the world? the answer seems to be no, it is not crazy at all. she says the gains...
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we had the wall street casino style economy which i don't think people fully realize to the degree to which we were all held hostage by the people playing with our money downtown from here. you know, they were doing things that a lot of experts say were not legal, not proper, and there never was a really good accounting, and so only have they not been held accountable, they got to keep their yachts and everything else and homes in the east hamptons. now we find they still got bonuses, which i think is a pipal on the back side of this that they got a small piece of the big picture. the lack of accountability overall is a stain on our entire society for the last few years. >> and, there was a great rolling stone piece that we talked about that basically says not only did we not get reform, we might have exacerbated the situation. he writes we didn't just allow banks to be barred from paying bonuses to pay bonuses. we allowed them to pay bigger bonuses hand they otherwise could. instead of forcing firms we allowed them to pay in depressed stock, the amount which became inflated. >> since
we had the wall street casino style economy which i don't think people fully realize to the degree to which we were all held hostage by the people playing with our money downtown from here. you know, they were doing things that a lot of experts say were not legal, not proper, and there never was a really good accounting, and so only have they not been held accountable, they got to keep their yachts and everything else and homes in the east hamptons. now we find they still got bonuses, which i...
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and that has a depressive effect on our economy overall. so it's not just bad for the students, it's also bad for the economy as a whole. bottom line is this. we can't price higher education so prohibitively that ordinary families can't afford it. that will ruin our chances to make sure the 21st century is the american century, just like the 20th century was. so what we've done, and i announced this yesterday, is proposed three basic reforms to try to shake the system up. number one, we want to start rating colleges based on how well they're doing in providing good value and opportunity for students. right now you've got a bunch of ranking systems, some of them commercial, and when you look at what's being rated, it's typically how selective the schools are, how few students they take in, and how expensive they are and what are their facilities like. and what we want to do is start looking at factors like how much debt do students leave with, and do they actually graduate, and do they graduate in four years as opposed to six or eight or ten
and that has a depressive effect on our economy overall. so it's not just bad for the students, it's also bad for the economy as a whole. bottom line is this. we can't price higher education so prohibitively that ordinary families can't afford it. that will ruin our chances to make sure the 21st century is the american century, just like the 20th century was. so what we've done, and i announced this yesterday, is proposed three basic reforms to try to shake the system up. number one, we want to...
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dollars are spent on farmers markets, that money stays in local economies. we're starting to get traction there. people understand when they understand health outcomes of people living on a poor diet, educational outcomes, i think they start to take notice. >> tom, i'm going to open up to my friends in new york. we talked about income inequality in the last block. here is an example of structural, systemic failures that throwed historic highs in terms of poverty. we are talking about cuts to food stamps. i wonder from your standpoint whether you think democrats and progressives have paid enough attention to this issue, which is hunger in america, and whether democrats have ceded too much ground to the right. at this moment being where we are on poverty, we're talking about cuts to food stamps instead of at the very least maintaining funding we have. >> this is an interesting question when we've just extolled the virtue of obama's ability to negotiate. what that represents and we talk about mandela. listen, we obviously made jokes all morning about the gridlo
dollars are spent on farmers markets, that money stays in local economies. we're starting to get traction there. people understand when they understand health outcomes of people living on a poor diet, educational outcomes, i think they start to take notice. >> tom, i'm going to open up to my friends in new york. we talked about income inequality in the last block. here is an example of structural, systemic failures that throwed historic highs in terms of poverty. we are talking about cuts...
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luke made a good point how these go into the economy. one thing republicans do get you take taxes they take money and spend it. that's one fundamental way tax cuts help the economy. it is the exact same mechanism behind unemployment insurance. exact same way as tax cuts getting money to spend. no economic theory, same economic theory that under lies priced economic policies just gets wiped away when it comes to the conflict with debt and deficit reduction. not even there, not allow it to be extended when paired with a tax increase. >> of course that's tied to the fact that there's also belief that the rich who get those tax cuts are more moral than the poor. ezra klein, thank you. >>> coming up, now that they can't use the filibuster to stop president obama's nominees, the grand old party resorted to schaar aids to stall appointments. harry reid is having none of it. we'll discuss the all-nighter. continuing to watch the house floor where members are expected to debate ryan murray budget. we'll have an update on that after the break. [ f
luke made a good point how these go into the economy. one thing republicans do get you take taxes they take money and spend it. that's one fundamental way tax cuts help the economy. it is the exact same mechanism behind unemployment insurance. exact same way as tax cuts getting money to spend. no economic theory, same economic theory that under lies priced economic policies just gets wiped away when it comes to the conflict with debt and deficit reduction. not even there, not allow it to be...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ >>> president obama's cabinet is starting to look like the white house version of the lonely heart's club. it's thursday, february 14th, valentine's day, and this is "now." >>> joining me today author and radio host of the nationally syndicated studio 360, curt anderson, msnbc contributor and queen bee of the grio.com joy reid, politico senior political reporter, the intrepid maggie haberman, nicknames galore, and host of msnbc's "the cycle" steve cornacke. >> these days for republicans all roads lead to benghazi. senator lindsey graham and fellow senate republicans are blocking a confirmation vote on chuck hagel as secretary of defense until the white house
what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ >>> president obama's cabinet is starting to look like the white house version of the...
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but it is a huge, huge threat to our economy and our livelihoods. a senior defense official said, in the cold war we were focused around the command centers in moscow, it's fair to say we worry as much about the computer servers in shanghai. we have to leave it there. >> happy note. >> yeah, our macs are not safe. among other things. thank you to my panel today, howard, joy, maggie, and jared. that is all for "now." i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 pacific. until then, you can find us at facebook.com/nowwithalex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where, if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call... to talk to an insurance expert about everything else that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if
but it is a huge, huge threat to our economy and our livelihoods. a senior defense official said, in the cold war we were focused around the command centers in moscow, it's fair to say we worry as much about the computer servers in shanghai. we have to leave it there. >> happy note. >> yeah, our macs are not safe. among other things. thank you to my panel today, howard, joy, maggie, and jared. that is all for "now." i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00...
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could the economy stand that. this is an idea where the republicans are saying, no, let's get this passed so we can continue to fight to get more leverage from the government. but there's no clear path, if there's a clear path, it's on extending the debt limit. it's not on the shutdown. everything has gone nowhere. if in fact they're a true house gop, they want to have big time negotiations with ryan, camp, boehner, those aren't going to happen within a week, those take a long time. if the government shutdown continues to be a by-product of that and the citizenry accept that, these are questions that a lot of members of congress have. which means at some point if this continues to go on long term it wouldn't be shocking if you saw some of those midwestern, coastal republicans saying enough from the government. >> it's jonathan capehart, i want to make sure i heard you correctly, did you say as part of this republican deal it would stipulate that the treasury could not use extraordinary measures si s six weeks -- l
could the economy stand that. this is an idea where the republicans are saying, no, let's get this passed so we can continue to fight to get more leverage from the government. but there's no clear path, if there's a clear path, it's on extending the debt limit. it's not on the shutdown. everything has gone nowhere. if in fact they're a true house gop, they want to have big time negotiations with ryan, camp, boehner, those aren't going to happen within a week, those take a long time. if the...
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it will be good for our economy. it will be good for our families. [ applause ] number four, as i alluded to earlier, we still need targeted programs for the communities and workers that have been hit hardest by economic change in the great recession. these communities are no longer limited to the inner city. they're found in neighborhoods hammered by the housing crisis, manufacturing towns hit hard by years of plants packing up, land-locked rural areas where young folks oftentimes feel like they've got to leave just to find a job. they're communities that just aren't generating enough jobs anymore. so we put forward new plans to help these communities and their residents because we've watched cities like pittsburgh or my hometown of chicago revamp themselves. if we give more cities the tools to do it, not handouts but a hand up, cities like detroit can do it too. so in a few weeks, we'll announce the first of these promise zones, urban and rural communities where we'll support local efforts focused on a national goa
it will be good for our economy. it will be good for our families. [ applause ] number four, as i alluded to earlier, we still need targeted programs for the communities and workers that have been hit hardest by economic change in the great recession. these communities are no longer limited to the inner city. they're found in neighborhoods hammered by the housing crisis, manufacturing towns hit hard by years of plants packing up, land-locked rural areas where young folks oftentimes feel like...
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they invest in the economy. they pay taxes. we talk about them as if they're this group of people who come down from another planet every once in a while and spend time. i like the business community for a singular reason. they employ people. they're small business people. they're big business people. there are those that do things we don't like, and there many, many we do things that we do like. it's calculated on the part of what andrew said, to andrew's point that the sequester will probably take effect, and they're counting on between march 1st and march 27th the pain that we all anticipate being so great that it will force congress to do their job. i don't blame the business community for factoring in, trying to protect and trying to insure that they can do business going forward. the markets suggest that they have adjusted in many ways. do i detest them for doing that? by no means. what i'm most upset with is washington. if you are a pedestrian watching, this is the same conversation that took place on election day to dec
they invest in the economy. they pay taxes. we talk about them as if they're this group of people who come down from another planet every once in a while and spend time. i like the business community for a singular reason. they employ people. they're small business people. they're big business people. there are those that do things we don't like, and there many, many we do things that we do like. it's calculated on the part of what andrew said, to andrew's point that the sequester will probably...
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let me say one thing about the economy. the kind of things we're going to hear in the state of the union. when it comes to that executive actions are actually insufficient. >> right. >> you really need the purse strings of congress to do things that really move along jobs where. >> fermz of executive actions, there are two -- we did a little research on this. there are executive actions that's kind of a brought set of things, including memorandums and orders. orders send to strike the ayre of republicans in this particular congress because it sounds like the president is overreaching, but, karen, my question to you is, you know, there's this kind of pomp and circumstance about bipart sfwlanship on the night of the state of the union, you know, cats sit with dogs and dogs sit with cats and everybody pretends to get along for a second. i am worried that this thing is going to be ugly. >> i was going to say, with ted nugent in the house, i don't see cats and dogs sitting together. i think it will be the cats and the dogs. i do
let me say one thing about the economy. the kind of things we're going to hear in the state of the union. when it comes to that executive actions are actually insufficient. >> right. >> you really need the purse strings of congress to do things that really move along jobs where. >> fermz of executive actions, there are two -- we did a little research on this. there are executive actions that's kind of a brought set of things, including memorandums and orders. orders send to...
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and the economy is getting better. there is a lot of good signs but it just kind of is amazing that congress is just completely awol when it comes to what should be one of their responsibilities. >> and to create jobs, say get rid of the sequester which the cbo says will bring back 900,000 jobs or passing immigration reform, they are actively standing in the way. >> we also shouldn't let off the hook here states. right? so congress is sort of one source of the madness around jobs but the other part of it are these republican governors in states where we kept seeing sort of this growth of private sector jobs at the same time that they kept shrinking government sector jobs while saying government doesn't create jobs, when in fact actually it does. it creates government jobs. most of which pay -- >> part of it is because states have to balance their budgets. it is a fact of life but you're right, this idea that you can't stimulate the economy through government spending is sort of a fallacy. it's been proven in statistics
and the economy is getting better. there is a lot of good signs but it just kind of is amazing that congress is just completely awol when it comes to what should be one of their responsibilities. >> and to create jobs, say get rid of the sequester which the cbo says will bring back 900,000 jobs or passing immigration reform, they are actively standing in the way. >> we also shouldn't let off the hook here states. right? so congress is sort of one source of the madness around jobs...
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but our problem is the economy and jobs, that's where the president started. even democrats have managed to get on to this playing field where and the media and the beltway, everyone in washington agrees, we've got to talk about deficits and debt all the time. and it drives me crazy. the other thing that drives me crazy and i don't understand is why do republicans still think that it's okay to still be litigating a woman's right to choose and planned parent hootd and all this other stuff that doesn't help them. i don't even get it at this point i just don't get it. >> governor you are very involved with the campaign to fix the debt and i think that there is also a half-truth out there that democrats somehow don't realize that down the road, we acknowledge something needs to happen vis-a-vis the social safety net, whether turning it into a voucher program or block grant to the states, is another matter. there's not a lack of recognition about the path that we are on. the timeline and the heens to the end are i think what is at the heart of the debate. >> i thin
but our problem is the economy and jobs, that's where the president started. even democrats have managed to get on to this playing field where and the media and the beltway, everyone in washington agrees, we've got to talk about deficits and debt all the time. and it drives me crazy. the other thing that drives me crazy and i don't understand is why do republicans still think that it's okay to still be litigating a woman's right to choose and planned parent hootd and all this other stuff that...
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in the current economy, too many of them aren't finding that. more than half the young somali americans in the twin cities that i talked to were unemployed. that means they are the most isolated and most likely to be targeted as recruiters. >> talked about hearings in okay, congress, members of congress voicing concern about this. are there practical things the government seeing able to counter this kind of recruitment? >> i do had think this is a case where we need to keep a closer eye on the threat. senator moran proposed an amendment to defense authorization act that would have called for a renewed look at the al shabaab threat. obviously amendments won't be going through due to the amount of congressional gridlock we're seeing. but that kind of a turning over of the intelligence we have is called for. i think a renewed look at whether we need to be spending some of our counter-terrorism budget right here at home in the united states to combat recruitment is also called for. >> msnbc's ronin ferrell, thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, a
in the current economy, too many of them aren't finding that. more than half the young somali americans in the twin cities that i talked to were unemployed. that means they are the most isolated and most likely to be targeted as recruiters. >> talked about hearings in okay, congress, members of congress voicing concern about this. are there practical things the government seeing able to counter this kind of recruitment? >> i do had think this is a case where we need to keep a closer...
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that starts with an economy that works for everybody. throughout my campaign and throughout many of your campaigns we talked about this bedrock notion that our economy succeeds and our economy grows when everybody is getting a fair shot and everybody is getting a fair shake, and everybody is playing by the same rules. we have an economy in which we're growing a vibrant middle class, that it grows from the middle out and the bottom up, not from the top down. over the next four years as i work with the caucus and every caucus, the question i will ask myself on every item, every issue is this helping to make sure that everybody has a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same rules. i believe that as a growth agenda. not just equity agenda. not just a fairness agenda. that is a growth agenda. that is when we have grown fastest. that means that what you'll hear from me next week, i'm going to be talking about making sure that we're focused on job creation here in the united states of america. it me
that starts with an economy that works for everybody. throughout my campaign and throughout many of your campaigns we talked about this bedrock notion that our economy succeeds and our economy grows when everybody is getting a fair shot and everybody is getting a fair shake, and everybody is playing by the same rules. we have an economy in which we're growing a vibrant middle class, that it grows from the middle out and the bottom up, not from the top down. over the next four years as i work...
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government costs the economy $160 million every workday. we passed the $2 billion mark on october 9th. on friday goldman sachs chief economist predicted the shutdown would cut economic growth by a fifth this quarter alone. a shutdown also increases the deficit. the government estimates the twin shutdowns of 1995 and 1996 cost the government $1.4 billion. according it macroeconomic advisers an estimated 900,000 jobs lost through budgetary crisis through the dawn of republican led fiscal brinksmanship in 2010 for a party that continually celebrates its concern for job creation and fiscal prudence, the reckless behavior in congress would be a public and painful lesson in hypocrisy. joining us from capitol hill is cnbc's a man javers. from that introduce y electroyow i feel. how republicans are behaving, no closer to a deal 48 hours out. is there going to be some kind of panic? >> absolutely. wall street wants to see this thing resolved. as of morning markets are fairly copacetic bearing this wrinkle we had today to some extent. we're already s
government costs the economy $160 million every workday. we passed the $2 billion mark on october 9th. on friday goldman sachs chief economist predicted the shutdown would cut economic growth by a fifth this quarter alone. a shutdown also increases the deficit. the government estimates the twin shutdowns of 1995 and 1996 cost the government $1.4 billion. according it macroeconomic advisers an estimated 900,000 jobs lost through budgetary crisis through the dawn of republican led fiscal...
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income sectors of the economy to make sure that they're just pump it right back in, republicans just aren't there. >> or investment long-term in terms of american ability and the strengthening of the american economy. governor, i wonder what you think this fight does to the looming fights on gun control and on immigration because we quoted jake sherman once. i'll quote him again. he thinks this is a bet on boehner's side to prolong the fight. he says "there are political positives in prolonging this fight. long fights will keep obama from muscling gun, immigration, and climate change legislation through congress, battle that is are sure to expose fissures among house republicans and political victory for the president. >>". >> that's right. that's clearly make it harder to make progress on immigration, guns, and things that there was a chance to reach some form of consensus on. i will tell you, the -- what bill said is particularly relevant here. the republicans have to do something about revenue. you have mcconnell and cornyn facing primaries next year. it's very difficult -- it's v
income sectors of the economy to make sure that they're just pump it right back in, republicans just aren't there. >> or investment long-term in terms of american ability and the strengthening of the american economy. governor, i wonder what you think this fight does to the looming fights on gun control and on immigration because we quoted jake sherman once. i'll quote him again. he thinks this is a bet on boehner's side to prolong the fight. he says "there are political positives in...
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economy and create 1.4 million new jobs by 2030. the dream is now a campaign dedicated to advancing the principles behind the dream act launched by lore even powell jobs, widow of steve jobs. the website the dream is now.org features the stories of several dreamers. one is terrence park. >> just yesterday terrence was accepted into the masters program in biostatistics at yale, but the dream act doesn't pass by the time he graduates, then he will have no choice but to take a job where someone pays him you should the table. >> which means the president of the berkeley math club will be doing some hard manual labor. >> the campaign is partnered with davis gugenheim author of "an inconvenient truth" to produce a documentary that tells the stories of the lives of those affected by the dream act. he joins us from los angeles, california. davis, i'm a huge fan. it is really great to have you on the program. >> hi, aleggs, it's good to be here. >> i think one of the most meaningful things to combatting the intransjens and a lot of the stere
economy and create 1.4 million new jobs by 2030. the dream is now a campaign dedicated to advancing the principles behind the dream act launched by lore even powell jobs, widow of steve jobs. the website the dream is now.org features the stories of several dreamers. one is terrence park. >> just yesterday terrence was accepted into the masters program in biostatistics at yale, but the dream act doesn't pass by the time he graduates, then he will have no choice but to take a job where...
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it is economically calamitous for the domestic economy, global economy, to continue to let this go on unabated without any kind of policy discussion around it. >> absolutely. it's one of those things where it's really hard for people to hold in their minds both the stats you listed and incredible degree of the crisis and the fact we are essentially not at a crisis response on a day-to-day basis. progressives in congress, the president of the united states, has not said this is a world war ii type of mobilization that we should be at. one of the things that's really been missing is the kind of leadership from the business community that you would see, you would think you would see, given how much this is going to and has already having an economic impact. i checked before i came here. we talk about that nearly dust bowl level drought that was here this year, 51% of the country is still in that level of a drought. you know, $600 billion in economic damage from hurricane sandy and we're also talking about, you know, not raising taxes enough to actually meet our needs. this is going to be
it is economically calamitous for the domestic economy, global economy, to continue to let this go on unabated without any kind of policy discussion around it. >> absolutely. it's one of those things where it's really hard for people to hold in their minds both the stats you listed and incredible degree of the crisis and the fact we are essentially not at a crisis response on a day-to-day basis. progressives in congress, the president of the united states, has not said this is a world war...
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it has hurt our economy. it hurt our national security. i think it's ir refutable sequestration is bad. therefore, you should get an agreement to turn it off. >> senator, i'm going to open this back up to our panel. katrina, i think it's an important question sam skrks the question of sequestration, which has been sidelined and in the process the goalposts have decidedly been moved to the right. this is a strategic question for democrats. >> absolutely. >> how much will they push and how much ground to republicans they don't know despite all that polling whether they want to open the government back up. >> i think you're right the goalposts have been moved. almost paul ryan's numbers have become a centrist number. he's injected this back into this at a time when we thought he was -- we move beyond sequestration into a new grand bargain moment. you're hearing talk of means testing medicare. >> means testing, receiving subsidies from obama care. >> means testing medicare. >> and a grand bargain. >> any time i heard the word "grand bargain" i
it has hurt our economy. it hurt our national security. i think it's ir refutable sequestration is bad. therefore, you should get an agreement to turn it off. >> senator, i'm going to open this back up to our panel. katrina, i think it's an important question sam skrks the question of sequestration, which has been sidelined and in the process the goalposts have decidedly been moved to the right. this is a strategic question for democrats. >> absolutely. >> how much will they...
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still any respite is welcome in an economy with 12% unemployment and 40% inflation. on sunday for the first time inspectors from the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog toured the heavy water reactor at iraq. a sign that while there's plenty of scepticism some progress was already under way. robert, the president towed a careful line here. i thought his remarks were interesting. it seems like we're in the middle of what our good friend david axelrod likes to call kabuki theater, confident but not overconfident. i wonder about the deal back and forth between president obama and members of his own congress like bob menendez pushing this renewed sanctions deal. >> i do think you've got the potential collision of a lot of different time lines. the president, i think, is realistic to say there's a possibility of a deal but the deal can long move forward long-term if iranians are willing to do things. if he understands that from colliding time lines politically you've got congressional members from both parties pursuing sanctions. you've got israelis against this deal. i think the one
still any respite is welcome in an economy with 12% unemployment and 40% inflation. on sunday for the first time inspectors from the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog toured the heavy water reactor at iraq. a sign that while there's plenty of scepticism some progress was already under way. robert, the president towed a careful line here. i thought his remarks were interesting. it seems like we're in the middle of what our good friend david axelrod likes to call kabuki theater, confident but not...
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the president is obviously very engaged on the issue of moving the economy forward and innovation is a key part of that, whether that's around clean and renewable energy, whether around pioneering new digital projects. a lot of that gets lost when we talk about job creation, or it is given a backseat as the liberal idea of how to save the economy. how do you sort of take this space, this innovation space, make it nonpartisan, not ideological, and go ahead americans to buy into the idea that this in fact may be the future. the jobs may not be as numerous as old manufacturing, but they could be -- i mean, there are considerable numbers of people who could be employed in technologies of the future. >> well, to the president's credit, and i think to the credit of a lot of these industries in california and here in new york, i think there is a fairly broad bipartisan consensus this is an area of tremendous innovation of world leadership for this economy and we need to continue to invest. the president got some grief for some of the administration's investments in the green technology, but
the president is obviously very engaged on the issue of moving the economy forward and innovation is a key part of that, whether that's around clean and renewable energy, whether around pioneering new digital projects. a lot of that gets lost when we talk about job creation, or it is given a backseat as the liberal idea of how to save the economy. how do you sort of take this space, this innovation space, make it nonpartisan, not ideological, and go ahead americans to buy into the idea that...
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and it's really tough in this economy. because things just keep going up. the cost of living just keeps going up. and it's unfair. and it's not like the franchises or the people behind the organizations don't see it. they do see it, but they just turn a deaf ear to it. >> how long have you been working at burger king? >> the current location i've been are working at now, nine years. >> that's a long time. >> that's a long time. >> and what got you to the point where you decided you were going to participate and make your voice heard in this way? >> i'd have to say it's the support, the support and the backing from the organization. it's a chance to have our voice heard, have my voice heard. and to let the organizations know, the people behind the organizations, let them know that we're speaking out against this. this is not just something where it affects a few people. it affect as lot of people. so this is the reason whydy it because of the backing and support. >> you know, michael, i want to bring our panel in here, so it's worth noting that the minimum w
and it's really tough in this economy. because things just keep going up. the cost of living just keeps going up. and it's unfair. and it's not like the franchises or the people behind the organizations don't see it. they do see it, but they just turn a deaf ear to it. >> how long have you been working at burger king? >> the current location i've been are working at now, nine years. >> that's a long time. >> that's a long time. >> and what got you to the point...
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immigration reform is going to be a good thing for the economy. immigration is a good thing for the economies. there are winners and losers. for lower skilled workers, it's going to be hard. this is why it hasn't been disaggregated before. high skilled immigrants are not controversial. they haven't passed bills to bring in people with ph.d.s precisely because you need to deal with the 10 million problem. >> let me ask you, e.j., in terms of the long lens for the president, if he doesn't get immigration reform passed, how devastating is that for him in terms of anything else he may get done and what are the implications in terms of bipartisan? because we talk a lot about the fever and whether or not it broke. it didn't break. the fact that john mccain and lindsey graham are working with the white house, if you will, and democrats on filibusters would seem to be a point of hope but if immigration reform fails, which is the most substantive piece of legislation we can hope for in the next four years, what are the implications for president and the co
immigration reform is going to be a good thing for the economy. immigration is a good thing for the economies. there are winners and losers. for lower skilled workers, it's going to be hard. this is why it hasn't been disaggregated before. high skilled immigrants are not controversial. they haven't passed bills to bring in people with ph.d.s precisely because you need to deal with the 10 million problem. >> let me ask you, e.j., in terms of the long lens for the president, if he doesn't...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ >>> president obama's state of the union proposal to expand high quality preschool was an...
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i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there. i had pain in my abdomen... it just wouldn't go away.thing. i was spotting, but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic...
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of course programs have an effect on the economy. main thing for me, how can we talk in the 21st century being the richest country in the world, people are hurting. the minimum wage was mentioned, just mentioned. we're not raising minimum wage. we're making it harder for people to get a decent wage. you know, the republican party's mantra seems to be. i've got mine, now you go fend for yourself. >> julia, you're in a red state. w.h.o. williams at fox, not a channel known for its liberal views says it's bad politics for republicans of the areas most in need of help and feeding people are republican strongholds. 2010, high numbers struggling to feed themselves were in rural counties. >> once again, it's bad politics. that makes no sense at all. unlike the stimulus bill, you can directly track this money. there's no way -- there's no other place for it to go. goes directly back to the economy, grocery store, red states, blue states, you name it. it's economics 101. do not ask me why politicses -- it's crazy politics. >> people voting ag
of course programs have an effect on the economy. main thing for me, how can we talk in the 21st century being the richest country in the world, people are hurting. the minimum wage was mentioned, just mentioned. we're not raising minimum wage. we're making it harder for people to get a decent wage. you know, the republican party's mantra seems to be. i've got mine, now you go fend for yourself. >> julia, you're in a red state. w.h.o. williams at fox, not a channel known for its liberal...
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as finance got bigger, the real economy got smaller, and that message has not gotten across. i think one reason is that for every nine times somebody in finance is in talking to a congress person, maybe one time for the rest of america, so i think it's -- >> i think it's more like 100. >> let's also talk about the culture of wall street, which is really -- we talk about its roots being in the 1980s and gordon againingo. this -- i mean, wes, you have spent some time in the financial services industry. aig has a poeshl teshl lawsuit against the government saying the lending rate was too high. this is the federal government that reminder saved aig. it's also what wound into this narrative that david established or spoke to, which is that, look, we are the engine of america's economy. if you don't save us, the whole country is screwed, and you guys are nothing without us, and we're the guys that know what's going on, and so provide us a spokes screen, and we'll save the economy. in the sense that what is being done in wall street, which in some ways is not creating anything of an
as finance got bigger, the real economy got smaller, and that message has not gotten across. i think one reason is that for every nine times somebody in finance is in talking to a congress person, maybe one time for the rest of america, so i think it's -- >> i think it's more like 100. >> let's also talk about the culture of wall street, which is really -- we talk about its roots being in the 1980s and gordon againingo. this -- i mean, wes, you have spent some time in the financial...
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the economy will not grow as quickly as it would have. unemployment will not go down as quickly as it would have. and there are lives behind that and it's real. it's not necessary. that's the problem. >> mr. president -- >> christy parson. >> mr. president, your administration weighed in yesterday on the proposition 8 case. a few months ago it looked like you might do that. i wanted to talk about your deliberations and your thinking on that. were there conversations that were important to you and were there things that you read that influenced your thinking? >> as everybody here knows, last year upon a long period of reflection. i concluded that we cannot discriminate against same-sex couples when it comes to marriage. that the basic principle that america is founded on, the idea that we're all created equal. applies to everybody. regardless of sexual orientation, as well as race or gender. or religion or ethnicity. i think the same evolution that i've gone through is the same evolution as the country as a whole has gone through. i think
the economy will not grow as quickly as it would have. unemployment will not go down as quickly as it would have. and there are lives behind that and it's real. it's not necessary. that's the problem. >> mr. president -- >> christy parson. >> mr. president, your administration weighed in yesterday on the proposition 8 case. a few months ago it looked like you might do that. i wanted to talk about your deliberations and your thinking on that. were there conversations that were...
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as the economy picks up steam it could be throwing a wrench in the republican plans to focus the debate on deficit reduction. john boehner yesterday struck a more conciliatory tone. >> we know we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth and that's why you continue to hear a lot of discussion about tax reform, regulatory reform, that would help us produce more economic growth here in our country. we do both, we can begin to solve this problem. >> joining me today, political editor and white house correspondent at "the huffington post," msnbc contributor sam stein, national political water at "the washington post" mika henderson, ben smith and joining us from washington is cnbc's chief washington correspondent mr. john harwood. this is anything but a casual friday panel, ladies and gentlemen. this is a power panel finishing out the week strong and john i'm going to start with you in d.c.. we see a lot of these economic gains. i want to read a quote from zach goldfarb, "the sunnier outlook means that president obama will be able to pay the nation's bills for months wit
as the economy picks up steam it could be throwing a wrench in the republican plans to focus the debate on deficit reduction. john boehner yesterday struck a more conciliatory tone. >> we know we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth and that's why you continue to hear a lot of discussion about tax reform, regulatory reform, that would help us produce more economic growth here in our country. we do both, we can begin to solve this problem. >> joining me...
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it's good for the economy as always. so those are four common sense steps that we can take right now to strengthen manufacturing in america. there's no magic bullet here. it's just some common sense stuff. people still have to work hard. companies like linamar still have to make good products, but the point is, if we can just do a few things then over time, what happens is, we start rebuilding our manufacturing base in a way that strengthens our economy as a hole. now, i'm doing what i can, just through administrative action, but i need congress to help. i need congress to do their part. i need congress to do their part. i need congress to take up these initiatives. because we've come too far, we've worked too hard to turn back now. you think about all this city and all of you have been through in the last few years. think about folks like jeff growl. now, jeff was in the trucking industry for over a decade. two years ago, he got laid off. lost his job as a diesel mechanic. that's a tough thing to go through even though
it's good for the economy as always. so those are four common sense steps that we can take right now to strengthen manufacturing in america. there's no magic bullet here. it's just some common sense stuff. people still have to work hard. companies like linamar still have to make good products, but the point is, if we can just do a few things then over time, what happens is, we start rebuilding our manufacturing base in a way that strengthens our economy as a hole. now, i'm doing what i can,...